Sainte-Catherine travel guide
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Visit Sainte-Catherine: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Sainte-Catherine is situated in the Puy-de-Dome department (Auvergne region) in the southern-centre of France at 47 km from Clermont-Ferrand, the department capital. (General information: Sainte-Catherine is 388 km from Paris and 623 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Usson at 14 km from Sainte-Catherine
Popular places to visit near Sainte-Catherine: these include Usson at 14 km and Brioude at 19 km.
Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) is a listed 'religious monument' at 10km and Usson is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 14km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Sainte-Catherine, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Sainte-Catherine
See France This Way travel guides for Puy-de-Dome and Auvergne (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Sainte-Catherine.
Note that all distances from Sainte-Catherine shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Sainte-Catherine holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Sainte-Catherine (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in France and Puy-de-Dome gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Sainte-Catherine and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du château d'Hauterive (20km) : Jardin de l’écomusée (37km) : Jardins du château de la Batisse (40km) : Jardins du château d'Opme (43km) :
- National Monuments: Villeneuve-Lembron Chateau (23km) : Aulteribe Chateau (36km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Usson (14km) : Lavaudieu (21km) : Blesle (28km) : Montpeyroux (28km) : Saint-Saturnin (38km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Notre Dame de Mailhat (Lamontgie) (10km) : Basilique de Saint Julien (Brioude) (19km) : Eglise de Saint Austremoine d'Issoire (Issoire) (20km) : Abbaye Saint-Andre (Lavaudieu) (22km) : Abbaye Saint Pierre (Blesle) (28km) : Eglise Notre Dame (Saint-Saturnin) (38km) : Eglise de Saint Georges (Saint-Paulien) (42km) : Eglise de Notre Dame (Saint-Nectaire) (43km) : Basilique Notre Dame du Port (Clermont-Ferrand) (47km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption (Clermont-ferrand) (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Issoire (20km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Ambert (24km) :
Map of places to visit near Sainte-Catherine & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Sainte-Catherine
Canton: Saint-Germain-l'Herm
Arrondissement: Ambert
Department: Puy-de-Dome
Region: Auvergne
Postcode: 63580
Distance to Sainte-Catherine
from Clermont-Ferrand: 47 km
from Paris: 388 km
from Calais: 623 km
from Nice: 358 km
from Bordeaux: 325 km
from Strasbourg: 476 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Sainte-Catherine): Champagnat-le-Jeune, Chassignolles, Fayet-Ronaye, La Chapelle-sur-Usson, Peslieres, Saint-Germain-l'Herm, Saint-Martin-d'Ollieres, Valz-sous-Chateauneuf and Vernet-la-Varenne.
Getting here
For driving distances to Sainte-Catherine from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Sainte-Catherine